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August 17, 2017

#TBT: 25 Years of SXSW Film – Brie Larson

To commemorate the 25th edition of the SXSW Film Festival, we continue our spotlight on the careers launched, artists discovered, powerful performances, and more from our alumni with this week’s featured artist, Academy Award-winning actress Brie Larson.

Larson had a stellar year at the film festival in 2013 with three very different, but equally exciting projects. She played the lead in Destin Daniel Cretton‘s complex and moving Short Term 12, which won both the Grand Jury Award and Audience Award in the Narrative Feature Competition category. Larson wrote and directed the short Weighting, and she had a supporting role in Joseph Gordon-Levitt‘s feature, Don Jon.

We are thrilled to share Larson’s #SXSWFilm25 story with you:

“SXSW changed my life by pretty much launching my career! My first experience with this incredible festival was in 2013. Not only were Short Term 12 and Don Jon (two films I acted in) there, but a short I had written/directed with my pal Dustin Bowser was also part of the programming. I remember almost passing out from the fear of Short Term 12 premiering, and the warm reception after. I’ll never forget doing a Q and A after my short Weighting played. The top two rows were filled with my Short Term 12 family. Joe Swanberg was waiting in the wings. We got a beer afterwards and talked about our dreams. There’s such camaraderie at SXSW. I began to realize my voice at that festival and made so many new friends/collaborators that are still important in my life. I’m forever grateful to you SXSW! I love watching all the lives you change.”

Larson has a busy year ahead of her, she reteamed with Cretton in the newly released The Glass Castle, adapted from the memoir of the same name by Jeannette Walls. Her feature directorial debut, Unicorn Store is set to premiere in September and she has a role in the highly anticipated Captain Marvel. You can watch Larson in 2017 SXSW Film Festival Headliner, Free Fire directed by Ben Wheatley. The action-packed, comedic film is now available for home viewing.

Stay tuned to SXSW each Thursday for more 25th anniversary stories.

Join Us For SXSW 2018

Learn how to successfully enter your film to the 2018 SXSW Film Festival with our How to Submit Your Film video and find out more information about deadlines and fees here.

Join us for SXSW 2018 – register to attend by Friday, September 8 for the biggest savings of the season. Make your hotel reservations through SXSW Housing & Travel for the best available rates. A film badge remains your best bet with primary access to all SXSW Film events including world premieres, roundtables, workshops and parties. We hope to see you in March!

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and SXSW News for the latest SXSW coverage, announcements, application tips, and updates.

Brie Larson at the premiere for Short Term 12 – Photo by Rick Kern

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August 17, 2017

Explore SXSW Interactive Innovation Awards Categories for 2018

The SXSW Interactive Innovation Awards include 13 award categories and 6 Special Honors, which recognize the most forward-looking tech developments in the connected world, launched or released in the 2017 calendar-year.

SXSW Interactive’s annual competition is still accepting early entry applications. The Awards are open to anyone with a project, product, creative endeavor, scientific discovery, or student project that will launch or has launched between January 1 – December 31, 2017.

New for 2018, we’ve added the AI & Machine Learning category to the Interactive Innovation Awards. The AI & Machine Learning category aims to recognize the coolest, most cutting-edge, and the most useful applications of these intelligent and learning machines. Does your project make use of machine learning in a creative new way? Have you developed a new way for an intelligent program or system to learn from its users — or even teach itself? Do you have an new bot or interface that could pass a Turing test? Enter it in the Interactive Innovation Awards!

Learn more about the 13 award categories and 6 special honors that will be recognized at the 2018 Innovation Awards.

See all Categories

How to Apply

Tell us all about your entry and don’t be modest! The best entry forms give the Awards Jurists a thorough sense of your project, product or service (including some level of interaction with the project being entered, or video examples of it being used). Be sure to include information like:

  • What the entry is and what it does (what problem does it solve or need does it fill)?
  • Who it’s intended for (audience, target market, user it’s designed for)
  • What tools were used to build it; or what was involved in bringing the project together?
  • Who was involved in bringing the project to fruition?

Feel free to include additional resources like spec sheets, marketing materials, associated social media accounts, testimonials, and a link to access the project with login info if needed.

Discounts for Students, researchers, and academics for the Student and SciFi No Longer categories are available upon request.

Apply Now

Deadlines to Enter

Early Entry: Monday, June 26 – Friday, Sept. 22 — $75 fee

Regular Entry: Saturday, Sept. 23 – Friday, Nov. 10 — $150 fee
Final Entry Deadline: Friday, November 10, 2017

Join us for SXSW 2018 – register to attend by Friday, September 8 for the biggest savings of the season. Make your hotel reservations through SXSW Housing & Travel for the best available rates.

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August 17, 2017

Editorial Design for the Beautiful Black Apple Magazine [BAM]

Editorial Design for the Beautiful Black Apple Magazine [BAM]

Editorial design has for me is the biggest source of inspiration. The beauty of organizing text, imagery and colors to create composition that is not only visual pleasing but also efficient at communicating the message to the reader. BUREAU CHAPEAU MELON created and shared this incredible editorial design project on their Behance profile It’s the design for Black Apple Magazine and it has it all. Gorgeous imagery, elegant use of white space, vibrant colors, trendy illustrations, as I said, these types of projects are truly inspiring.

Description

Black Apple Magazine [BAM] is a free bimonthly publication distributed  in key outlets of the Marseille city. Launched in January 2017 by Aurélia Andréoli (Founder and CEO of the design studio Bureau Chapeau Melon) and Anne-Sophie Vignau (Founder of Pepper D printing), BAM is design, qualitative and authentic. Distributed free of charge, it gives pride to its inhabitants and visitors. 

Editorial design

Bureau Chapeau Melon  is a creative agency based in Marseille, France. For more information make sure to check out:

 

 

abduzeedo
Aug 17, 2017

Source: Abduzeedo Editorial Design

August 16, 2017

2018 SXSW Film Festival Submission Tips [Video]

SXSW provides the game-changing buzz every filmmaker dreams about for the premiere of their film, in front of press, film industry leaders, and film lovers as well as tech and music professionals. This entirely unique audience gives the SXSW Film Festival a distinct identity that sets it apart from other film festivals.

There are less than two weeks until the early film submission deadline on Friday, August 25. If your film isn’t quite ready, don’t worry. We still have two additional deadlines before submissions officially close for SXSW 2018.

Remember that you must have a secure link to your film ready to go before you complete your application. While submitting by the Early Deadline will keep some extra money in your pocket, we never want filmmakers to rush their films, as we will only consider the first cut submitted. So take your time, decide which deadline is best for your film, and get your film in its best form before submitting. Additionally, take a look at the festival’s many different screening sections and decide which category is best for you and your film. Find out more information about deadlines and fees here. Questions? Find answers in our Film FAQ.

The Official Deadline is Friday, September 22 and our Late Deadline is Friday, October 20.

Ready to submit? Take a few minutes to watch our How to Submit Your Film video posted above!

Join Us For SXSW 2018

Join us for SXSW 2018 – register to attend by Friday, September 8 for the biggest savings of the season. Make your hotel reservations through SXSW Housing & Travel for the best available rates. Grab your Film badge today for primary access to all SXSW Film events including world premieres, roundtables, workshops and parties. We hope to see you in March!

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and SXSW News for the latest SXSW coverage, announcements, application tips, and updates.

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August 16, 2017

Convergence Tracks Guide to PanelPicker Community Voting

Lend us your expertise and weigh-in on the proposals we have received for the 2018 SXSW season during PanelPicker Community Voting from August 7-25. The SXSW Conference includes 24 programming tracks divided amongst Interactive, Film, Music, and Convergence, presented in a variety of session formats. SXSW Convergence programming features a range of topics that straddle the cultural and technological intersection at the heart of SXSW. See what’s new for SXSW Convergence Tracks below, browse submitted ideas, leave comments, and vote on the programming you would like to see at the 2018 SXSW Conference.

Convergence Tracks

Cities Summit

March 12-13. Learn, strategize, and form partnerships to create more equitable, resilient, and livable cities. The summit features two days of dynamic programming, performance, pop-up exhibits, and events exploring the future of our cities.

CLE

March 15-17. Earn continuing legal education credit while attending SXSW.

Experiential Storytelling

March 12-14. New technology has opened up exciting avenues for storytelling and immersive entertainment. Investigate how these experimental strategies are redefining the ways in which audiences experience their world.

Food

March 12-14. The Food track explores ways in which technology and innovation can be leveraged to transform the industry.

News & Journalism

March 10-15. Explore how news, journalism, and analysis is dispersed, how it will be impacted by the future of technology, and how this content will continue to inform and engage.

Social Impact

March 10-14. Dive deep into innovative ideas that contribute to a better and more equitable world.

Sports

March 9-11. Tackle the future of sports in all its forms, from a cultural and technological perspective.

Startup & Tech Sectors

March 9–15. These sessions focus on US-based innovation as well as forward-thinking companies and technology ecosystems from around the globe.

VR/AR

March 13-15. Discover new technologies and the ways they enhance how we experience the world.

How to Vote

Each year, SXSW PanelPicker helps shape the majority of the SXSW Conference programming. Visit panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote and login or create an account to participate in the voting process. If you have created a SXSW account in 2013 or later, you will be able to use the same login and password.

Once you are logged in to PanelPicker, you can begin the voting process. Filter through proposals by session format, programming track, and level. You can also search for by title, description, tags, and speakers in the search field.

Each voter can vote once per proposal – selecting “arrow up” for yes or “arrow down” for no. You can also leave a constructive comment about the proposals you vote on. Have a question for the organizer? This is also a great place to post all of your questions.

During Community Voting, it’s also important for anyone who submitted a proposal to rally online support for your idea and encourage voting through your personal blog or social media channels. We have created handy “Vote For My PanelPicker Idea” graphics for you to use for social media sharing on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

For more information about the Community Voting process, read the PanelPicker FAQ and visit the SXSW PanelPicker page.

Cast Your Votes Now

Join Us For SXSW 2018

Join us for SXSW 2018 – register to attend by Friday, September 8 for the biggest savings of the season. Make your hotel reservations through SXSW Housing & Travel for the best available rates. If you are unsure of which badge is right for you, try taking our Tracks quiz to find out which credential best suits you.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and SXSW News for the latest SXSW coverage, announcements, application tips, and updates.

From Trump to Trolls: How Muslim Media Fights Back – Photo by Steven Snow

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August 15, 2017

Music Tracks Guide to PanelPicker Community Voting

Help SXSW hone in on the Music Track conversations that are important to the SXSW Community by participating in PanelPicker Community Voting from August 7-25. Browse submitted ideas, leave comments, and vote on what programming you would like to see at the 2018 SXSW Conference. Music tracks include Making & Promoting Music, Music Culture & Stories, Music Industry, Sync, Stream & License, and Touring & Live Experience.

Music Tracks

Making & Promoting Music

March 13-17. There is so much to learn and share about the process of creating, writing, playing, and sharing music in today’s world. Likewise, new distribution models, promotional platforms, and release strategies are changing the game for indie and major artists.

Music Culture & Stories

March 13-17. Music has a rich history, and some amazing (often legendary) stories to tell. Superstars and up-and-comers alike have inspiration, insight, and guidance to share. Explore the culture of music, from worldwide to hyper-local scenes, movements, genres, fashion, and beyond.

Music Industry

March 13-17. Experts and thought leaders will guide you through today’s multifaceted and global music business. Learn about bleeding-edge innovations and get real-world advice and thoughtful examinations of our industry that can help you succeed as a professional, entrepreneur, or artist.

Sync, Stream & License

March 13-17. Streaming now dominates the music business, but a complicated landscape remains. Licensing deals and sync placements are highly valuable and sought-after. Hear from major players about the future of these crucial pieces of the music revenue puzzle.

Touring & Live Experience

March 13-17. Venues and festivals, large and small, support the dynamic touring industry that so many artists increasingly rely on for their livelihoods. Discover the newest innovations and sage advice on today’s touring and festival industry.

How to Vote

To participate in the voting process, visit panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote and login or create an account.

Once you are logged in to PanelPicker, you can begin the voting process. Filter through proposals by session format, programming track, and level. You can also search by title, description, tags, and speakers in the search field.

Each voter can vote once per proposal – selecting “arrow up” for yes or “arrow down” for no. You can also leave a constructive comment about the proposals you vote on. Have a question for the organizer? This is also a great place to post all of your questions.

During Community Voting, it’s also important for anyone who submitted a proposal to rally online support for your idea and encourage voting through your personal blog or social media channels. We have created handy “Vote For My PanelPicker Idea” graphics for you to use for social media sharing on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Inside the PanelPicker Process

Each year, SXSW PanelPicker helps shape the majority of the SXSW Conference programming. Community Voting comprises 30% of the SXSW Conference programming decision, plus input of the SXSW Staff (30%) and Advisory Board (40%) helps ensure that less well-known voices have as much of a chance of being selected to speak at SXSW as individuals with large online followings. Together these percentages help determine the final content lineup.

For more information about the Community Voting process, read the PanelPicker FAQ and visit the SXSW PanelPicker page.

Cast Your Votes Now

Join Us for SXSW 2018

Read more about the Showcase Applications process, and take advantage of tips from the Music Festival Team to get the inside scoop on how to stand out during the application process.

Join us for SXSW 2018 – register to attend by Friday, September 8 for the biggest savings of the season. Make your hotel reservations through SXSW Housing & Travel for the best available rates. If you are unsure of which badge is the best fit for you, we recommend taking our short Tracks quiz to get matched with the credential best suited for your needs.

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and SXSW News for the latest SXSW coverage, announcements, application tips, and updates.

“Healing Power of Music” Session at the 2017 SXSW Conference – Photo by Claudio Fox

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August 15, 2017

Want to be the best VR gamer? You need lots of room to move around

Bigger is often better with virtual reality room-scale spaces, but now it seems it might do more than increase immersion. Some accounts from top VR gamers suggest that larger play spaces could make you more skilled.

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August 15, 2017

Interaction Design & UI/UX: Sherpahire.com

Interaction Design & UI/UX: Sherpahire.com

An interesting project to share that involves interaction & UI/UX for Sherpahire.com. What is a sherpa? I honestly had to look it up and discover that web design was done specifically for a target audience and for this case as elite mountaineers and experts in their local area. It’s an interesting approach since the focal point of the design is all about the search surrounded by a gallery of beautiful imagery. Since the images are part of what’s called the center piece, everything else from the typography and micro-interactions are only played as an extra role.

Published on Behance is the collaborative work from Alexander Laguta, Kate Laguta, Alexander Aubakirov, Alexei Rezvanov and Andrey Petrunin. All together sharing their expertise in Art Direction to Motion Design. Props to everyone involved.

Sherpahire is the unique service allowing travelers to find sherpas and orginize their trekking vacation. We were asked to create a simple and eye-catchy interface allowing to find a sherpa, meet like-minded travelers and get inspired about Nepal as a trekking destination. We have used simple geometrical forms to create general style for Sherpahire brand and easy to follow interface allowing visitor to solve his goal and meet Nepal at a glance. Enjoy!

Project Gallery

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Credits

  • Alexander Laguta
  • Kate Laguta
  • Alexander Aubakirov
  • Alexei Rezvanov
  • Andrey Petrunin

More Links

  • More about this project on Behance

AoiroStudio
Aug 15, 2017

Source: Abduzeedo UI/UX

August 14, 2017

Film Tracks Guide to PanelPicker Community Voting

SXSW Film wants your expertise. We invite you to weigh-in on the film proposals we have received for the 2018 SXSW season during PanelPicker Community Voting from August 7-25. Browse submitted ideas, leave comments, and vote on what programming you would like to see at the 2018 SXSW Conference.

Be sure to also take a look at our film-related Convergence tracks such as VR/AR , Experiential Storytelling, and News & Journalism.

Film Tracks

Entertainment Influencers

March 10-13. Inspiration from thought leaders, experts, and innovators that will last beyond your time at SXSW, including conversations with high-profile speakers from the entertainment, film, and TV industries.

Film & TV Industry

March 9-13. Learn about the inner workings of the film and TV industry. Sessions will focus on the business side of things, with topics like distribution, financing, and the ever changing nature of the industry.

Making Film & Episodics

March 10-13. Learn everything you need to know about developing and crafting your project, from screenwriting and working with your subject to post-production and beyond.

How to Vote

To participate in the voting process, visit panelpicker.sxsw.com/vote and login or create an account. If you created a SXSW account in 2013 or later, you will be able to use the same login and password.

Once you are logged in to PanelPicker, you can begin the voting process. Filter through proposals by session format, programming track, and level. You can also search for by title, description, tags, and speakers in the search field.

Each voter can vote once per proposal – selecting “arrow up” for yes or “arrow down” for no. You can also leave a constructive comment about the proposals you vote on. Have a question for the organizer? This is also a great place to post all of your questions.

During Community Voting, it’s also important for anyone who submitted a proposal to rally online support for your idea and encourage voting through your personal blog or social media channels. We have created handy “Vote For My PanelPicker Idea” graphics for you to use for social media sharing on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Inside the PanelPicker Process

Each year, SXSW PanelPicker helps shape the majority of the SXSW Conference programming. Community Voting comprises 30% of the SXSW Conference programming decision, plus input of the SXSW Staff (30%) and Advisory Board (40%) helps ensure that less well-known voices have as much of a chance of being selected to speak at SXSW as individuals with large online followings. Together these percentages help determine the final content lineup.

For more information about the Community Voting process, read the PanelPicker FAQ and visit the SXSW PanelPicker page.

Cast Your Votes Now

Join Us For SXSW 2018

Learn how to successfully enter your film to the 2018 SXSW Film Festival with our How to Submit Your Film video and find out more information about deadlines and fees here.

Join us for SXSW 2018 – register to attend by Friday, September 8 for the biggest savings of the season. Make your hotel reservations through SXSW Housing & Travel for the best available rates. A film badge remains your best bet with primary access to all SXSW Film events including world premieres, roundtables, workshops and parties. We hope to see you in March!

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and SXSW News for the latest SXSW coverage, announcements, application tips, and updates.

Mixed Me: Race, Culture and Cross-Platform Series – Photo by Mauricio Lujan

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Source: SxSW Film

August 14, 2017

Played the ‘Final Fantasy XV’ VR demo at E3 2016? You were the first and last

The lead designer of Final Fantasy XV has said that the virtual reality demo originally made playable at E3 2016 will never be released to the public. Instead, he hopes the Monster of the Deep fishing game will suffice.

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Source: Digital Trends VR